About
Eirik
Norwegian by origin. Californian by choice. Perpetually somewhere in between.
I grew up in Geilo, a mountain town in Hallingdal — midway between Oslo and Bergen, at 800 meters on the Hardangervidda plateau. It's a place defined by long winters, deep snow, and the kind of silence you only get above the tree line. I spent most of my childhood on skis.
I've been living in the San Francisco Bay Area for years now, and I've come to love it in the way you love places that surprise you. The coast at Pacifica. The Mission at midnight. The fog burning off the hills in October. California has a particular kind of beauty that takes time to see — and once you see it, you can't unsee it.
This site is a personal corner of the internet. A place to collect the things I love — places that feel like home, food worth traveling for, and the experiences that stay with you long after you've left. It's not a travel blog. It's more like a notebook I've decided to leave open.
Where I'm from
- → Born and raised in Geilo, Norway — a ski town on the Hardangervidda plateau between Oslo and Bergen.
- → Spent summers hiking the plateau and winters on the slopes. The mountains are the reference point everything else gets measured against.
- → Norway is home in the deepest sense — the light in June, the silence above the tree line, a bowl of fårikål after a long day outside.
Where I live
- → Based in the San Francisco Bay Area — specifically the coast, where the fog and the cliffs feel a little like home.
- → Pacifica is my backyard: the trails, the beach, the fish & chips at Moonraker. Fifteen miles from the city but a different world.
- → San Francisco proper is where I eat, drink, and spend most of my time when I'm not on a trail or a plane.
Two places feel like home. One has fjords; the other has fog. I've stopped trying to choose.
This site
- → The travel section is a collection of places I know well — not a comprehensive guide, but an honest one.
- → Everything here is firsthand. I write about places I've spent real time in, restaurants I've eaten at more than once, trails I know well enough to give actual advice about.
- → More sections coming — food, music, things I'm thinking about. Slowly.